This cemetery is actually in the town of Monschau-St-Martin 
about 2 km from the town of St James.

Here lie 4410 soldiers graves in 4408 on an area of ​​14 hectares.

 

There are 4327 Latin crosses and Stars of David 81.

cimetière de St James
cimetière provisoire St James

 

At this point, there was a temporary cemetery first opened August 5, 1944 after the liberation of the area by the 8th U.S. Infantry Division.

 

After the war, the soldiers whose families wanted a burial abroad were grouped.

 

We gathered the permanent cemeteries Oak-Guérin, Gorron, St. Cornelius, St. Andrée de l'Epine, Villeneuve sur Auvers and Marigny.

 

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